I am a Dutch Women, born in 1943, with a lot of interest in Quilting. I was a board member of the Dutch Quiltersguild. I got a lot of friends in these days. My interest are modern quilting, gardening and music.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Yesterday We visited the museum Twentse Welle in Enschede. It was well worth a visit. The exhibition was well documented and there were several items to see. Clothes, old quilts made of sits, quilts from the members of SAQA with the subject 9/11, quilts made with special fabrics like the Landt & van Marle fabrics, and high tech fabrics from Ten Cate.

To my surprise the old quilt on the picture was there. This quilt came to the quiltersguild when I was a board member and with this quilt I asked advice from an American conservator who was at that time in the Textile Museum in Tilburg.

The museum itself was also very interesting with a lot of things you could do by yourself.

In the next days we will go to Zuid-Limburg to visit friends and familiy, and to make some nice walks.

Sunday, August 03, 2008

During our vacation Jac and I celebrated our birthdays. Jacqueline was with her family in Canada, so Petra and Elma with their families were on sunday on the camping. In the picture you see the children wo were there, except the baby. They made a train.When we came home we found a lot of congratulations by the post and some of the fibermailcards are shown here. You can see how old I am now. Tijdens onze vakantie vierden Jac en ik onze verjaardagen. Jacqueline was met haar gezin in Canada, dus waren Petra en Elma met hun gezinnen op zondag op de camping. Op de foto staan de kinderen van Petra en Elma behalve de baby van Petra. Ze peelden treintje. Toen we thuiskwamen lag er een hele stapel felicitaties bij de post, waarvan hier enkele afbeeldingen van de fibermailkaarten. Je ziet hoe oud ik geworden ben.

Last weeks we went for a holiday to Ouddorp, a village on the South-Dutch islands. We had beautiful weather, and we went often for a walk or a tour on our bikes. One of my daughters was there too with her husband and her three children.We plan to go this week for a few days with the caravan to the north of the Netherlands, maybe Drenthe or Groningen. Afgelopen weken zijn we naar Ouddorp op de Zuid-Hollandsche eilanden geweest voor een heerlijke vakantie. Het weer was prima en we hebben veel gewandeld en gefietst. Een van onze dochters was er ook met man en 3 kinderen.We zijn van plan om komende week nog een paar dagen met de caravan weg te gaan, maar dan naar het noorden van Nederland, misschien Drenthe of Groningen.

About Me

I'm a quilter of dutch origin. I live in the south of the Netherlands with my husband Jac.
I love gardening and I like music. Favourite composers are Beethoven and Bach. Every Tuesday I go to sing in a Choir classic music.
At the moment I like modern quilting en to experiment with all kind of materials.